Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 30, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Phyla and species => TAXA
5 Across: Birds that often have asymmetrical ears => OWLS
9 Across: Aerosol can output => SPRAY
14 Across: Lots and lots => ATON
15 Across: Word in the title of many an embarrassing YouTube video => FAIL
16 Across: Composure => POISE
17 Across: Actor who's practically guaranteed to make a movie flop => BOXOFFICEPOISON
20 Across: Gooey campfire treat => SMORE
21 Across: Distrustful feeling => LEERINESS
22 Across: Boat with two of every animal => ARK
24 Across: Unit named for an Italian physicist => VOLT
25 Across: Piece of literary criticism => BOOKREVIEW
30 Across: Wide gap => GULF
34 Across: Sch. with three presidents on its original governing board => UVA
35 Across: Kept in the cellar for a long time => AGED
36 Across: Dispensary regular, maybe => STONER
38 Across: Producer => MAKER
40 Across: ANTM part => TOP
42 Across: "In my estimation ..." => IDSAY
43 Across: Concise summary => PRECIS
45 Across: Person in Mariah Carey's fanbase => LAMB
47 Across: "What's the ___?" => USE
48 Across: Bring into harmony => SYNC
49 Across: Name in the credits => CASTMEMBER
52 Across: Airline approximations, for short => ETAS
54 Across: Noshed on => ATE
55 Across: Former capital of Missouri => STCHARLES
60 Across: Hopping joint? => ANKLE
64 Across: Adblock Plus or Privacy Badger ... or the first word of 17-, 25-, or 49-Across? => CHROMEEXTENSION
66 Across: Kelp in Japanese cuisine => ARAME
67 Across: Achievement for Helen Hayes => EGOT
68 Across: Clump of earth => CLOD
69 Across: Water cooler story => RUMOR
70 Across: Online avatars, for short => PFPS
71 Across: Plant that makes beer bitter => HOPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Array in a browser window => TABS
2 Down: Basic building block => ATOM
3 Down: Sign-off that you won't find in many business emails => XOXO
4 Down: Arctic jacket => ANORAK
5 Down: Slightly amiss => OFF
6 Down: Siren sound => WAIL
7 Down: Cause of some head-scratching => LICE
8 Down: Tattoo covering a whole arm => SLEEVE
9 Down: Dote on excessively => SPOIL
10 Down: Nickname for Chris Paul => POINTGOD
11 Down: Get bigger in the oven => RISE
12 Down: British fast fashion retailer => ASOS
13 Down: Desires => YENS
18 Down: Michael Mann film starring Adam Driver as racecar driver => FERRARI
19 Down: Fronts of ships => PROWS
23 Down: Barrel of suds => KEG
25 Down: Knocks from the roster => BUMPS
26 Down: Estrogen-secreting organ => OVARY
27 Down: Like many wine barrels => OAKEN
28 Down: Doc for Muffins => VET
29 Down: Targets of worship => IDOLS
31 Down: Get off a mailing list, informally => UNSUB
32 Down: Car dealership option => LEASE
33 Down: Doughnut shop fixture => FRYER
37 Down: Language spoken in Lhasa => TIBETAN
39 Down: Latin phrase meaning "behold the man" => ECCEHOMO
41 Down: Square of butter => PAT
44 Down: Try to cure the hiccups of => SCARE
46 Down: UFC sport => MMA
50 Down: Catching some Z's => ASLEEP
51 Down: All-around good person => MENSCH
53 Down: Circus employee with a chair => TAMER
55 Down: Surgery reminder => SCAR
56 Down: "No ___ traffic" => THRU
57 Down: Study last-minute => CRAM
58 Down: Former inamorata, casually => EXGF
59 Down: "Enough!" => STOP
61 Down: K, in the NATO alphabet => KILO
62 Down: Video that plays over and over => LOOP
63 Down: "The ___ justify the means" => ENDS
65 Down: "Arrival" arrivals => ETS

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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